Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what I always thought! Tina On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Ted Grant wrote: > > >Alan Magayne-Roshak OFFERED: > > > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh > > > >Here is my candidate for an example of pleasing bokeh. It's my 85mm f/2 > >Nikkor LTM at /2.8: > > > >< > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Enigmatic/Fowl_AMR.jpg > >.html><<<<<<< > > > >Hi Alan, > >Interesting you point this out. Thank you. > >As the background to me as I first looked at the photo was meaningless! My > >eyes, well the one good one went right to the birds without any re-action > to > >the back ground. > > That's the entire point of pleasing bokeh. The background doesn't > distract from the subject. With ugly bokeh the background competes for > attention with the subject. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com